Nokia N95

ATC@LWSK · #81 07-07-2008, 07:07 AM

Ok, to everyone who has had this problem:
I received a tip from artsmolb over at symbian-freak.com to disable my home access point which was set as default in settings /general/ access point/ and to put none, because that may be the problem for the crashing of NST. Tried it and it worked flawlessly :)
I completed two workouts of 30-35 minutes each, and it was excellent :)
When I need to upload the workouts, I just select the access point, and when done, I put none, I think I can live with that :)
Hope this helps.
cheers,
ATC@LWSK

Kroy · #82 07-08-2008, 11:17 PM

Excellent suggestion - I can confirm it has worked for me.

icecream · #83 07-10-2008, 01:18 PM

been using sports tracker for a while now to track my riding in and out of work. i love it!

one of the best features is the target mode, where you can race yourself and it shows your ghost rider on the map, or shows how far ahead/behind you are (time and distance). a brilliant training tool for pushing yourself harder and setting new PBs. also automatically does your lap points (after you define them). very nice! here's my current PB ride:
Nokia Sports Tracker Beta

also, i've used the MagicKey application to remap some keys to make it easier to switch views when riding. for my bike mount, i'm using one of these:
DealExtreme: $5.99 Wind-Shield Mount Holder for Nokia N95 8GB Cell Phone
coupled with one of these
DealExtreme: $8.40 Fenix Flashlight Bike Mount
i simply removed the flexible stem from the phone holder, and it then slots nicely into the fenix mount (also used a inner tube section for extra grip). This combo has so far worked flawlessly (about 30 hours riding).

the live update is also very cool, and i give my phone to the girlfriend for when she goes walking at night for a bit of extra security.

a few features which would be nice:
* automatic start and stop points.
* customs screens which you can set to show the details you want
* a clock
* integrations with maps

Papachango · #84 10-22-2008, 03:55 AM

It's a great little app (i've got v1.78). I'm still fiddling with it, trying to learn all the tricks, but I've noticed a couple of quirks.

1 It's not all that accurate - sometimes when uploaded to Google Maps a few points are out by 100-200 metres - it has me suddenly flying across the river then back again on my ride home from work. Is this just a limitation of the N95's inbuilt GPS receiver? The only thing is, I've noticed that Nokia Maps (the built in app that came with V30 firmware) appears to be more accurate - i.e. when I have it running and zoom right in, the little red dot always stays on the road I am actually on.

2. Secondly - yesterday when riding home, it only recorded 2.5km out of the 9km ride, it just stopped tracking about 1/4 of the way home, resulting in a very slow average speed. I had the phone mounted on the handlebars and open to the sky. The bizarre thing is, it cannot be explained by the GPS receiver dropping the satellite link, as I had Nokia Maps on the entire ride home and it never once dropped the connection - the little red dot faithfully followed the map the whole way. Note: It has been suggested elsewhere on this forum that this problem can be avoided if you set your default access point to NONE prior to running a tracker (I had it set to my home WiFi point) - you just have to remember to switch back to none after uploading

Anyone experience something similar?

Apparently the next version will have some limited mapping integration - sounds good!

A few questions on the live tracker (where people can go to the Nokia website and see where you are in real time)

presumably you have to be in 3g range and have a mobile access point switched on?
Does this incur a lot of kilobytes of data upload/download? My carrier charges AU$4 per megabyte so I'm extremely unlikely to use this feature, but I'm just curious.
Also, if you have an access point set, won't this cause issue no. 2 above to re-occur?